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Wealth Distribution

May 31, 2011

Last year was a good year for giving in China with donations totaling 70 billion RMB ($10.7 billion US), double that of 2009. Over 80 percent of those billions came from within China. This dramatic rise in giving comes largely...
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December 20, 2010

The more wealthy they get and the more they increase in number, the more China’s upper class comes under scrutiny. Over the past several months, that has been especially true regarding philanthropy or the absence of it among high wealth...
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October 20, 2010

The 2010 Hurun Rich List (for info on the 2009 list see our post here) was announced earlier this month and shows both the fast upward mobility of China’s entrepreneurs and the speed with which they can fall. Over the...
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September 29, 2010

Tonight in Beijing, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are officially bringing their giving pledge plea to China and are asking the country’s billionaires to consider giving half of their wealth to charity with a much-anticipated dinner. Since they announced their...
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August 09, 2010

Charitarian Magazine: Now in its third edition, Charitarian magazine features articles on China’s social sector with editions in both Chinese and English available in e-magazine format. Does China have enough workers?: A recent article from The Economist discusses China’s changing...
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June 07, 2010

Hong Kong lies just a hop, skip, and a jump from Mainland China yet the philanthropic landscapes of these two entities differ significantly. While Hong Kong’s third sector is still young compared to the west, it has been called the...
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May 05, 2010

The 2010 Hurun Philanthropy List recently announced a breakthrough in China’s philanthropic scene. For the first time, a Chinese philanthropist has broken the billion dollar barrier by donating the rest of his USD 470 million of cash and property assets...
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November 24, 2009

Compared to other Asian countries, the Chinese microfinance sector has developed slowly. Even though the first Microfinance Institution (MFI) was introduced to China in 1996, MFIs have had a difficult time. Government regulations have stilted their progress and, much like...
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